Carcass competition one for the books!

Brits – Farmers from North West, Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga came together to take part in the ultimate competition between cattle farmers. A hundred and ten cattle from thirteen different farmers competed to be crowned as the On-the-Hook Champion for 2019.  

Obaro Brits’ Emerging Farmers Carcass competition took place on 25 September at the Obaro Brits branch and the prize-giving ceremony on 2 October. 

The cattle’s physical appearance was assessed which included its overall condition, the cattle’s build as well as the muscle and fat distribution. The purpose of this is to determine which cattle will produce the best carcasses.

This competition serves as a good benchmark for emerging farmers to determine if their cattle is top quality and what they can do to improve their cattle’s health and nutrician for next year’s competition.
The competition consisted of five classes: lighter than 380kg, 381-410kg, 411-440kg, 441kg-500kg and heavier than 500kg - also known as the super ox class.

The winners of each class then competed against one another to determine the single champion and reserve single champion of on-the-hook. Metsimantsi was triumphant over its competitors and was awarded as single champion as well as group champion on-the-hook. Doctor Molefi Motuku was awarded as reserve single champion and reserve group champion on-the-hook. 

The experts who served as judges during the competition was Ampie de Jager, Lucas Morake, Tanki Mokoena, Thea Pauley and Johan Berg.

The single and group champion for on-the-hook was Mollystone, where Sereti Farm was the reserve single champion. Sam Funani was the reserve group champion for on-the-hook. 

“This year’s competition had a great turnout with the winner getting 96 points at the SAIMIC judging. Although our emerging farmers still have a lot to improve on, the results speak for themselves.

Every year we can see improvements and that is the important part of this competition, that we always do better to come out on top – to be crowned the champion!” said Malan van der Merwe, Obaro animal production manager. 

Obaro media release, 14 October 2019